Priorities

Pennsylvania continues its long history of rolling over and giving fossil-fuel industries whatever it is they want. This time, they exempt the booming natural gas drillers from paying an extraction tax (the only major gas-producing state to do so) and open up state lands for additional drilling. To top things off, the budget for the state Dept. of Environmental Protection’s operating budget is slashed by 27 percent.

Do we wish to become somewhat less energy dependent ?
Abundant oil supplies lie in Alaska and off-shore—Why are we not taking advantage of them ?
Oh, I know..
Because some cartoonists try to poison the minds of citizens ( In a clever comical way) and scare the Bejesus out of us.